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Re: [Usability] getting involved

 

Hello Geraint,

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Geraint Jones <zcjtb58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I recently finished a usability related postgrad (Human Computer
> Interaction with Ergonomics at UCLIC), and I'm interested in getting
> involved with open source usability projects. If anyone has any advice
> with regards to this, I'd be much obliged.
>
We're currently trying improve usability in the GNOME Zeigeist project. If
you're interested, we'd love to hear from you on our mailing list
zeitgeist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or in the #zeitgeist channel on
freenode.irc.net.

>
> My first degree was psychology, so I'm pretty good at user testing and
> research, and I'm an incurable hacker so I'm equally happy with
> prototyping and implementation. I'm weaker on graphic design, but I
> would nevertheless be interested to learn. If anybody knows of a project
> where I could apply my skills, give me a shout!
>
Cool. I hope that you can help us come up with a better/new UI for GNOME
3.0. :)

Natan

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